With a 65 - 28 percent lead among black voters, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tops
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont 53 - 40 percent among New York State likely Democratic
primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Donald Trump has 55 percent of New York likely Republican primary voters, followed
by Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 20 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with 19 percent, the
independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.

Today's results show little movement from a March 31 survey showing Clinton over
Sanders 54 - 42 percent and Trump with 56 percent, followed by Cruz at 20 percent and Kasich
at 19 percent.

In today's survey, 6 percent of Republican likely primary voters are undecided, but 22
percent of those who name a candidate say they might change their mind. Among Democratic
likely primary voters, 7 percent are undecided and 18 percent of those who name a candidate say
they might change their mind.

"Black voters matter for Secretary Hillary Clinton in the New York Democratic
primary," said Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll.

"She leads Sen. Bernie Sanders in many New York demographic groups except the
young folks and very liberal voters, but it's a huge lead among black voters that gives her a
comfortable double-digit margin."

"Gender counts, too. New York women like the idea of nominating the first woman
president.

"At this sort-of-late stage in the primary marathon, voters' minds are pretty well made up.
Four out of five supporters of each Democrat say they won't switch," Carroll added.

"So, for aficionados of political geography, we might note that the transplanted New
Yorker from Chappaqua beats the Brooklyn guy who made his political career in Vermont.

There are some gaps among New York likely Democratic primary voters as voters 18 to
44 years old back Sanders over Clinton 55 - 36 percent, while older voters back Clinton.

She leads 55 - 38 percent among women, while men are divided, with 48 percent for
Clinton and 43 percent for Sanders, shrinking the gender gap which appears in Quinnipiac
University surveys in other states.

White voters are divided, with 50 percent for Clinton and 45 percent for Sanders.

Clinton leads 53 - 37 percent in New York City and 55 - 40 percent in the suburbs.
Upstate Democrats are divided with 50 percent for Clinton and 46 percent for Sanders.

"Remember, there's a Republican primary, too, and Donald Trump is big in his home
state," Carroll said.

Among likely Republican primary voters, Trump leads among every group, from Tea
Party members to moderate to liberal Republicans, among men and women and voters of every
age group and in every region of the state.

White born-again Evangelical Christians are more closely divided, with 41 percent for
Trump, 37 percent for Cruz and 16 percent for Kasich.

From April 6 - 11, Quinnipiac University surveyed 550 Republican likely primary voters
with a margin of error of +/- 4.2 percentage points and 860 Democratic likely primary voters
with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell
phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia,
Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.

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1. If the Republican primary were being held today, and the candidates were Ted Cruz, John Kasich, and Donald Trump, for whom would you vote? (If undecided) If you had to choose today, would you vote for Cruz, Kasich, or Trump?

2. If the Democratic primary were being held today, and the candidates were Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, for whom would you vote? (If undecided) If you had to choose today, would you vote for Clinton or Sanders?